Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Metropolitan Police (KMP) has released contacts of all its stations as one way of helping curb increasing crime in the city. They have also released the Police WhatsApp Number. “The public can deliver text messages or whatsapp messages on 0707114114 Report crime or criminals …
Read More »PLOT TWIST: Now, FDC ready to take over IPOD leadership
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change party- FDC says it is ready to take over leadership of the Inter-Party Dialogue (IPOD). IPOD is supported by Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (NIMD). The parties subscribing to IPOD include; National Resistance Movement (NRM), Forum for Democratic Change …
Read More »Dairy is the new coffee
The dairy sector in transformation in Southwest Uganda NEWS ANALYSIS | RINUS VAN KLINKEN | Coffee has for a long time dominated the political, economic and social landscape in Uganda. Government policies, programming and budgeting is geared to supporting the coffee sector to propel the economy. However, a quiet …
Read More »Uganda economy gets bigger by 20%
Bigger Economy: Why could that be bad news? Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The recent rebasing of the national account series by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) has excited economists with many saying it presents the government an opportunity to make policy based on data that is a …
Read More »The fall of PS Nassali Lukwago
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | It’s tough times for Dr. Rose Nassali Lukwago, a former powerful permanent secretary at ministry of Education. In the same position at the Judicial Service Commission, she has been a shadow of her former self. The Inspector General of Government Justice Irene Muyagonja directed …
Read More »Kadaga, Serbian speaker discuss renewed working relations
Belgrade, Serbia | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is set to benefit from a number of sectors including agriculture and education through improved bilateral relations with the Government of Serbia, in a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). According to Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga, a meeting with the Speaker of Parliament of …
Read More »No date yet for Rwanda-Uganda talks in Kampala
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The closure of the Rwanda-Uganda Gatuna border will continue for longer as the expected date for peace talks in Kampala about the issue passed quietly on October 16, 2019. In a meeting, which took place on September 16, 2019 in Kigali Rwanda, both …
Read More »Truck fails to break, kills woman on Kiira Road
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A yet to be identified woman died Saturday morning in accident involving a truck that failed to break on Kiira road stretch near Total Petrol station. The woman was on the boda boda but reportedly jumped off in panic as the truck started to hoot frantically. …
Read More »Kakooza Mutale, Onyango-Obbo give geopolitics conference dramatic climax
Kampala, Uganda | LOUIS JADWONG | Veteran Ugandan journalist, publisher and analyst Charles Onyango-Obbo has explained why the world will not just sit back and watch as resource-rich Africa does nothing productive with its assets. Quoting former Ugandan politician Eriya Kategaya, in what Obbo described as the ‘Kategaya doctrine’, and his …
Read More »UBL’s Busola wins 2019 Financial Officer of the Year Award
Third edition of awards held under the theme of ethics and trust Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | The third edition of the Uganda CFO Awards was a big night for Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL) when Doregos Busola, the Finance and Strategy Director was crowned Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of …
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